United States Secretary of Commerce
Summary
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor.The Office of the Secretary contains a Deputy Secretary of Commerce, a Chief of Staff, a Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, an Assistant Secretary for Commerce and Intergovernmental Affairs, a Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, a Chief Information Officer, a General Counsel, an Inspector General, an Office of Business Liaison, an Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, an Office of Public Affairs, an Office of White House Liaison, and an International IPR Enforcement Coordinator.The current Secretary of Commerce is former Washington Governor Gary Locke, who was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama on February 25, 2009, and was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on March 24, 2009.Locke is President Obama's third.
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Regulators and Business to Work on Privacy Bill of Rights
The Obama administration's long wait for a "consumer privacy bill of rights" is finally over, and it can't wait to get moving.
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Fox Hypocrisy: Calling Opponents Terrorists Edition
Bill O'Reilly lashed out at those in the media and on the "radical left" who are supposedly "coordinat[ing]" to brand Tea Party members as "terrorists. " But Fox itself has a history of linking progressives and progressive policies to terrorism, with Glenn Beck going so far as to claim on Fox that health care reform was like "September 11thall over again except we didn't have the collapsing buildings.
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Nikki Haley Blasts Media For Challenging Jobs Report, Says Other Governors Are 'Jealous'
COLUMBIA, S. C. — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called the media too negative after The Associated Press raised questions about her claim that 10,000 jobs had been announced in the state since she took office in January.
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Right-Wing Media Attack Obama Commerce Secretary Nominee As A "Global Warming Fanatic" And An "Eco-Terrorist"
Right-wing media figures have attacked John Bryson, President Obama's nominee for Commerce secretary, as a "radical green activist" and an "eco-terrorist. " In fact, Bryson is a former energy company executive who sits on the boards of several major corporations, and his nomination has the support of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Google CEO Schmidt Warns Europe Against "Foolish" Legislation
Google's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, has warned lawmakers in Europe not to pass "foolish" laws "that would make the search engine’s services illegal, as many policymakers look to increase regulation of online personal data," the Financial Times reports.
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Larry Page Is Whipping Google Execs Into Shape With Daily Bullpen Sessions (GOOG)
Larry Page isn't taking over as Google CEO until next week, but he's already mandating daily bullpen sessions with top managers on couches outside a boardroom in company headquarters.
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Obama Nears Appointment Of Eric Schmidt As Commerce Secretary (GOOG)
The word in Washington is that President Obama is close to naming departing CEO Eric Schmidt as the nation's next Secretary of Commerce. .
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The Daley News
Yesterday President Obama held a press conference to announce that William Daley--the former commerce secretary who went on to a career at JP Morgan Chase--would be his new White House chief of staff. Politicos watching the White House reshuffle were quick with their reads. Some made the obvious argument that Obama was appealing to business with the move,.
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Fox Still Reporting Myth That Census Director Reported To White House
Reviving a nearly two-year-old GOP falsehood, Fox News' White House correspondent Wendell Goler falsely reported that under the Obama administration, "the Census director report[ed] to former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel instead of the Commerce Secretary. " In fact, the administration made clear that the Census director reported directly to the Commerce Secretary.
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U.S. eyes gov't spectrum for wireless devices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Commerce Department recommended on Monday that some airwaves used by federal agencies be freed up to address the burgeoning use of wireless devices.
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